Reduce the proportion of people who misused prescription drugs in the past year — SU‑12 Data

Status: Little or no detectable change

Most Recent Data:
5.9 percent (2019)

Target:
3.6 percent

Desired Direction:
Decrease desired

Baseline:
6.2 percent of persons aged 12 years and over misused prescription drugs in the past 12 months in 2018

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Population	2018	2019
Total	6.2 CI 5.9 / 6.4 SE 0.136	5.9 CI 5.7 / 6.2 SE 0.136

Data Source: National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), SAMHSA

Persons with nonmedical use of any prescription psychotherapeutic drug in the past year by

#: Standard errors and confidence intervals are not available for this population group.

◊: Unless otherwise noted, data represent "percent, 12+ years"

†: Target is not applicable for this demographic group.

DSU: Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality, or confidentiality.

DNA: Data have not been analyzed.

DNC: Data for specific population not collected.

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